A novel prevent-scan handoff technique for IEEE 802.11 WLANs

Ahmed Riadh Rebai*, Hussein Alnuweiri, Said Hanafi

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Abstract

We propose and evaluate the performance of a novel handoff scheme for IEEE 802.11 Wireless LANs (WLANs) supporting mobile applications. Because of their wide deployment in public areas, supporting seamless, low-latency, handoffs between pairs of adjacent WLANs becomes a crucial requirement for applications such as voice and video over IP. Handoff latency is an important delay that affects the quality of real-time applications like Voice over IP (VoIP). In this paper, we present a novel handoff scheme, called Prevent-Scan Handoff Procedure (PSHP), to enhance the Quality of Service (QoS) for multimedia communications over 802.11 wireless networks. Through performance evaluation, we show that our technique results in a significant decrease in handoff latency, thus achieving both fast and seamless handoff for WLANs.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2009 International Conference on Ultra Modern Telecommunications and Workshops
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2009
Externally publishedYes
Event2009 International Conference on Ultra Modern Telecommunications and Workshops - St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
Duration: 12 Oct 200914 Oct 2009

Publication series

Name2009 International Conference on Ultra Modern Telecommunications and Workshops

Conference

Conference2009 International Conference on Ultra Modern Telecommunications and Workshops
Country/TerritoryRussian Federation
CitySt. Petersburg
Period12/10/0914/10/09

Keywords

  • Fast handoff
  • IEEE 802.11 WLANs
  • Inter-cell commutation
  • Pre-scan
  • QoS constraints
  • VoIP

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